64 The great fire of Rome begins
379 Theodosius the Great becomes Roman Co-Emperor (379-395) by proclamation of Gratian
916 Battle of Brecenanmere: Aethelflaed, "the Lady of the Mercians", defeats the Welsh
973 Consecration of Pope Benedict VI (elected 972; murdered 974)
1415 Rouen surrenders to King Henry V of England
1493 Treaty of Barcelona: France cedes Roussillon & Cerdagne to Spain
1643 Battle of Braddock Downs: Cornish Royalists defeat the Parliamentarians
1770 Battle of Golden Hill; New Yorkers defend their "Liberty Tree"
1793 Revolutionary court sentences "Citizen Capet" (Louis XVI) to death.
1806 British take Cape of Good Hope from French-occupied Holland
1808 Dutch King Louis Napoleon signs the first aviation law, regulating ballooning
1812 Wellington storms Ciudad Rodrigo, amidst the great slaughter
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
1861 Mississippi troops take Ft Massachusetts, on Ship Island
1862 Battle of Mill Springs/Fishing Creek/Logan's Crossroads, KY
1871 Battle of Buzenval Park/Mont Valerien: the Paris garrison fails to break the Prussian siege
1871 Battle of St Quentin: Prussians defeat a French attempt to relieve Paris
1915 Germans begin Zeppelin raids on Great Britain, bombing Great Yarmouth & King's Lynn, c. 20 die
1917 Silvertown, England: ammunition factory explosion, 300 die
1920 The Senate rejects American membership in the League of Nations
1941 British invade Italian-held Eritrea from Sudan
1942 Joe Louis defeats Buddy Baer in 20 minutes & 56 seconds", and receives his draft notice!
1942 Malaya: British abandon the Muar River line, fall back on Johore Line.
1943 Guadalcanal: Combined Army-Marine Div presses westwards
1943 Guadalcanal: U.S. destroyers shell Japanese positions
1943 Papua: Fierce Japanese resistance on the Sanananda front
1944 Northern Burma: Chinese New 38th Div and Japanese fight for Taro Plain.
1945 China: Japanese troops seize control of the Canton-Hankow rail line.
1977 Pres Gerry Ford pardons Iva Toguri d'Aquino - "Tokyo Rose"
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